{"id":721,"date":"2016-05-11T01:29:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/?p=721"},"modified":"2016-05-11T01:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:29:38","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddha Medicine History, Time Period &#038; Growth."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"western\"><strong><u><b>History of Siddha Medicine:<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><b>History and Time period of Tamil Siddha Medicine.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The period of\u00a0<em>Siddha Medicine System<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0at least 8000 years old. The Tamil literatures like Sangam literatures, Silapathikaaram, Thirukkural etc\u00a0 are replete with evidences of existence of Siddha system of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Among the didactic eighteen (<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd<\/span>\u2013<\/span>pathinen keezh-kkanakku-noolgal),\u00a0<b>ELAADHI, SIRUPANCHA MOOLAM, THRI KADUKAM<\/b>\u00a0are some of the names of the literary works which bears the Siddha systems evidence. Elaadhi is a Siddha Drug, Sirupanchamoolam is the combination of five herbs root which is another medicine, Thirikadukam is the mix of three medicinal products.These captions are not mere names. Their very use in didactic literature denotes the meaning associated with them and also the familiarity of these in their period.<\/p>\n<p>In Naalaayira Divya Prabhantham, the use of \u201cchuttigai\u201d \u2013 a needle like instrument used as a cauterizer in Surgical treatments is mentioned in the following lines,<\/p>\n<p>[pullquote align=&#8221;full&#8221; cite=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; size=&#8221;&#8221;] <span lang=\"hi-IN\"><b>\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbe \u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/b><\/span> <span lang=\"hi-IN\"><b>\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2<\/b><\/span><b>.<\/b> [\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even in Kamba Ramayanam, the surgical methods followed in Siddha treatments are mentioned as follows<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>[pullquote align=&#8221;full&#8221; cite=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; size=&#8221;&#8221;]<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><b><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0bb1\u0bc6\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8a\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><b><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd<\/span><\/b><\/span><b>.<\/b>[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p><b>Explanation:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If their is a malign lump in the body ,it is cut and bad blood is let out and the cauterized for the cure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Tolkappiyam, a treatise on\u00a0phonetics and grammatical structure\u00a0of Tamil language\u00a0mentions about Habitats for human living<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kurinchi \u2013 Hilly\u00a0areas<\/li>\n<li>Mullai \u2013\u00a0Wooded areas<\/li>\n<li>Marutham \u2013 Agricultural tracts<\/li>\n<li>Neithal \u2013 Coastal\u00a0stripes<\/li>\n<li>Paalai \u2013 Arid\u00a0zones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>similarly as a preventive medicine,\u00a0a\u00a0siddha medical\u00a0work called\u00a0\u201cPini anugaa vidhi-<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u00a0\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states the\u00a0 basic guidelines as\u00a0\u201c<strong><b>THINAI OZHUKKAM \u2013<\/b><\/strong><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><strong><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><b>\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><b>(HABITAT DISCIPLINES)\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>to be followed for hale and healthy life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Siddhars \u2013 The founders of Siddha Medicine System.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The word \u201csiddha\u201d comes from the word \u201cSIDDHI\u201d which means \u201can object to be attained\u201d or \u201cperfection\u201d or \u201cheavenly bliss\u201d. ie\u00a0<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"hi-IN\">.\u00a0<\/span>one who attained perfection is a siddha. so, Siddhars are the one who attained perfection or got union with god (<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0baa\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0ba3 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd<\/span><\/span>). Siddhars were adept at Astamaa siddhi\u2019s(<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0b85\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf<\/span><\/span>\/<span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u00a0<\/span><\/span>) (The Eight great Super powers). Also siddhars were a class of popular writers in Tamil in all branches of knowledge and many of their works were written in the form of poetry and were highly encrypted.The kavi or poetry in which the medical and other scientific tracts have been composed is much admired by those who have made special study about Siddhars.<\/p>\n<p>It is said that siddhars from their consciousness(<span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span>) founded siddha medicine and recorded all their works in palm leafs.They used Tamil <em>vattezhuthu<\/em> (<span lang=\"hi-IN\">\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1<\/span>) to write palm manuscripts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_177\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p><a class=\"grouped_elements\" title=\"siddha Medicine books tamil\" href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/palm.jpg\" rel=\"tc-fancybox-group166\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177 tc-smart-loaded\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/palm.jpg?resize=300%2C202\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/palm.jpg?resize=300%2C202 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/palm.jpg?resize=350%2C236 350w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/palm.jpg?w=600 600w\" alt=\"siddha Medicine books tamil\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">palm Manuscripts of Siddha Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Transcending boundaries of race, religion or culture, the Siddhars had always recognized and saluted knowledgeable, insightful, worthy, truthful and creative persons as their followers.<\/p>\n<p>In early days and even now in some places, Siddha Medicine was taught through Guru-sisya principle and Siddhar Agathiyar school of thoughts and Siddhar Thirumoolar school of thoughts were two sects in teaching.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Siddha Medicine: History and Time period of Tamil Siddha Medicine. The period of\u00a0Siddha Medicine System\u00a0is\u00a0at least 8000 years old. The Tamil literatures like Sangam literatures, Silapathikaaram, Thirukkural etc\u00a0 are replete with evidences of existence of Siddha system of medicine. Among the didactic eighteen (\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u2013pathinen keezh-kkanakku-noolgal),\u00a0ELAADHI, SIRUPANCHA MOOLAM, THRI KADUKAM\u00a0are some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-siddha-medicine-system"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}